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Mother of mine

When nine-year-old Eero's father is killed at the beginning of World War II his mother, broken by grief, is unable to care for him. She sends Eero out of Finland to live with a family in Sweden, away from the conflict. Feeling abandoned by his biological Finnish mother, he cannot quite attach to his Swedish surrogate mother. When the war ends, and he returns to his mother in Finland, his confusion intensifies.Uncle: Biography of a humble man, retold by an anonymous nephew, who strings together a collection of his uncle's passions, failings and beliefs.

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This is a heartwarming story about a 9-year-old Finnish boy who during World War II was sent by his mother to a strange couples in Sweden. The boy felt abandoned and he was forced to live in a strange country that he did not even know how to speak their language.
The film is in Finnish and Swedish with English subtitles.

madison382
May 11, 2015

Really sad movie.

amannotanu
Apr 09, 2015

I,ya in person want to be able to watch movies and listen to cds inside the library,without renting them(now it is possible using cd,dvd drives of computers in the library including catalog only computers)I hope very much such an option will be available to all patrons of the library(there is a need to be able to unlock cd,dvd boxes for using disks inside the library without renting them.)